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Creation Center Announced for FIFA 11

After it detailed Personality+ for FIFA 11 last month, EA Sports said that was just one of many new features being added to its soccer franchise. Yesterday the developer made it clear there are, indeed, a host of new goodies on the way for footy fans when it announced the ultimate FIFA customization tool, the Creation Center.

Using a web-based application at www.easportsfootball.com, FIFA 11 players will be able to create their own players, choosing appearance, accessories, and attributes, build an entire team with a distinctive crest, kits, and playing style, and even build their own stadium. All of those creations can then be downloaded to consoles and used in the game.

"Having the ability to customize content in FIFA Soccer 11 to the degree where you are creating players and teams, choosing player attributes and managing team tactics effortlessly from the web opens up a world of possibilities of original content that fans will be able to create," said David Rutter, producer of FIFA Soccer 11 on Xbox 360 and PS3. "Creation Center will perfectly compliment the official league and team licenses that are the hallmark of the FIFA franchise."

EA Sports also announced a new feature that will be music to fans' ears: custom audio. Assign chants for every team and league, setting specific rallying cries for introductions, halftime, and after goals. In addition, gamers will be able to play music from their hard drive in the game.

Creation Center will launch when FIFA 11 is shipped on September 28 in North America and on October 1 in Europe and Asia.

Sharkey says: Creation Center looks awesome. Tons of options, including how aggressively you want your customized squad to play defense and how quickly you want it to build offensive attacks. It's not quite FIFA Manager, but the team management options come close. Boston Breakers FC is going to be nasty.